"Oh...I...well thanks." She clicked off the light not entirely sure how she feels about having her cowardice explained away in technical terms like that. Somehow she doesn't think her commanding officer would accept Legion's diagnosis as an excuse.

"I'd feel a lot safer if I had my guns." Plural, because she didn't think her service side arm would be enough to deal with these monsters.

Since he was volunteering she hung back to let him take the lead like a robotic Rudolph.